1944 South Plains Army Air Field Winged Commandoes football team

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1944 South Plains Army Air Field Winged Commandoes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–8
Head coach
  • Ray Cagni (1st season)
Home stadium Tech Field
Seasons
←  1943
1945 →
1944 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Randolph Field  – 11 –0 –0
No. 5 Bainbridge  – 10 –0 –0
No. 18 Fort Pierce  – 9 –0 –0
No. 13 Norman NAS  – 6 –0 –0
No. 6 Iowa Pre-Flight  – 10 –1 –0
No. 16 El Toro Marines  – 8 –1 –0
Hondo AAF  – 7 –1 –0
Bunker Hill NAS  – 6 –1 –0
Lincoln AAF  – 6 –1 –0
Blackland AAF  – 7 –1 –1
Keesler Field  – 8 –1 –2
No. 17 Great Lakes Navy  – 9 –2 –1
No. 10 March Field  – 7 –2 –2
Third Air Force  – 8 –3 –0
North Carolina Pre-Flight  – 6 –2 –1
Atlantic City NAS  – 5 –2 –0
Camp Peary  – 5 –2 –0
Tonopah AAF  – 5 –2 –0
Daniel Field  – 7 –3 –0
No. 20 Second Air Force  – 10 –4 –1
San Francisco Coast Guard  – 4 –2 –1
Ellington Field  – 6 –3 –2
Amarillo AAF  – 5 –3 –0
Alameda Coast Guard  – 4 –2 –2
Coronado Amphibious  – 2 –1 –1
Olathe NAS  – 4 –2 –2
Selman Field  – 4 –2 –2
Galveston AAF  – 5 –3 –2
Fleet City  – 6 –4 –1
Jacksonville NAS  – 4 –3 –0
San Diego NTS  – 4 –3 –1
Camp Beale  – 5 –4 –0
Lubbock AAF  – 5 –4 –0
Fort Warren  – 5 –4 –1
Fort Monroe  – 5 –5 –0
Klamath Falls Marines  – 2 –2 –1
Maxwell Field  – 5 –5 –0
Minter Field  – 3 –3 –0
No. 19 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight  – 4 –4 –0
Fourth Infantry  – 3 –4 –2
Georgia Pre-Flight  – 4 –5 –0
Third Infantry  – 4 –5 –0
Bergstrom Field  – 3 –4 –0
Ottumwa NAS  – 3 –4 –0
Camp Lee  – 3 –5 –0
Cherry Point Marines  – 3 –6 –0
Chatham Field  – 2 –8 –1
Miami NTC  – 2 –8 –0
Bryan AAF  – 1 –7 –0
Sampton NTS  – 1 –7 –0
Fairfield-Suisun AAB  – 1 –7 –0
Richmond AAB  – 0 –10 –1
Camp Ellis  – 0 –5 –0
South Plains AAF  – 0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 South Plains Army Air Field Winged Commandoes football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's South Plains Army Air Field (South Plains AAF or SPAAF), located near Lubbock, Texas, during the 1944 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Ray Cagni, the Winged Commandoes compiled a record of 0–8. [1] Ray Truitt was the team's line coach and also started at guard. [2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, South Plains AAF ranked 165th among the nation's college and service teams and 34th out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 54.6. [3] [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Amarillo AAF
cancelled [5]
September 304:00 p.m.at TCU
L 34–04,000 [6] [7] [8] [9]
October 6at North Texas Agricultural Arlington, TX L 0–15 [10] [11]
October 222:30 p.m.vs. Lubbock AAF
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX (Khaki Classic)
L 14–464,000 [12] [13]
October 288:00 p.m.at Amarillo AAF
L 13–53 [14] [15]
November 3at Southwestern (TX) Georgetown, TX L 6–21 [16]
November 11 Fort Bliss
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
L 20–49 [17]
November 17 West Texas State
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
L 14–19150 [18] [19]
November 26 University of Mexico
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
cancelled [20] [21]
December 22:00 p.m.at Texas Tech
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
L 6–7 [22] [23]

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References

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